Artist and curator Ever Velasquez first visited Charlie James Gallery in 2018 to support her friend, Shizu Saldamando’s solo exhibit, To Return. A col.
To know the art scene in Los Angeles calls on a lifetime of cruising its streets, storefronts, museums, galleries and riverbanks. All are stages for creative expression, every neighbourhood is fair game for pop-up display, and now that LA artists are drawing world attention, nowhere is it clearer that there is art and there is Art
The Hammer Museum’s ‘Made in L. A.: Acts of Living’ showcases pieces by 39 artists who work in the city, focusing on shared themes like identity, family and community
The 39 artists and collectives in the sixth edition of the Hammer Museum’s show call LA home but make visible legacies of migration that have built and shaped the city.